Riddle me this, riddle me that, who’s afraid of the big black…
well, grey-headed flying fox? Or the fruit bat.
Many, it seems. These little hanging critters have faced an uphill battle going against a negative perception of their kind: that they spread viruses (the Lyssavirus can only be transmitted if the saliva of an infected bat enters the body via a bite or scratch); cause too much noise (they actually sound really beautiful, especially in large colonies); smell too much (it just smells fruity?); and would ‘overrun’ communities. The bats, however, are just looking for a place to call home amidst all the threats they currently face.
The main threats to their existence are habitat loss for agriculture and shooting, especially where they are considered as a pest of commercial fruit trees. Other threats include colony disturbance, starvation, heat events, hunting, power lines, barbed wire fencing and certain fruit tree nets that end up becoming death traps.
They’re some of the best pollinators and seed dispersers around, making them critical for our ecosystems. This intelligent species, however, are on a population decline and are currently listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

This poor Nankeen Kestrel had a wing reconstruction, but I was fortunate to release it on behalf of @kobblebirdshelter and @mel_pope . It was a tad stressed but soon found its wings after I gave it a boost!!!

💬 "We who live this plodding life here below never know how many eagles fly over us. They are concealed in the empyrean. I think I have got the worth of my glass now that it has revealed to me the white-headed eagle. Now I see him edgewise like a black ripple in the air, his white head still as ever turned to earth, and now he turns his under side to me, and I behold the full breadth of his broad black wings, somewhat ragged at the edges."⠀
✒️ Henry David Thoreau⠀
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⠀ ⠀ White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
📍 Cloudy Bay Villa, Bruny Island, TAS, 🇦🇺
⠀ "I have a room all to myself; it is nature."
⠀ — Henry David Thoreau 🌏 www.brunyisland.com.au/Cloudy-Bay-Villa
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Species name: Rhesus macaque
[Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Suborder:Haplorhini
Infraorder:Simiiformes
Family:Cercopithecidae
Genus:Macaca
Binomial name:Macaca mulatta]
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*About*
•The name "rhesus" is reminiscent of the Greek mythological king, Rhesus.
•The rhesus macaque is one of the best-known species of Old World monkeys.
• It is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and its tolerance of a broad range of habitats.
•The rhesus macaque is brown or grey in color and has a pink face, which is bereft of fur.
• Its tail is of medium length and averages between 20.7 and 22.9 cm (8.1 and 9.0 in). Adult males measure about 53 cm (21 in) on average and weigh about 7.7 kg (17 lb). Females are smaller, averaging 47 cm (19 in) in length and 5.3 kg (12 lb) in weight. Rhesus macaques have, on average, 50 vertebrae. •The rhesus macaque has 32 teeth.
•They are regular swimmers. •Babies as young as a few days old can swim, and adults are known to swim over a half mile between islands, but are often found drowned in small groups where their drinking waters lie.
•feeding mainly on fruit, but also eating seeds, roots, buds, bark, and cereals.
• Perhaps the most common facial expression the macaque makes is the "silent bared teeth" face
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The African buffalo or Cape buffalo is a large African bovine. Syncerus caffer caffer, the Cape buffalo, is the typical subspecies, and the largest one, found in Southern and East Africa.
Mass: 590 kg (Adult)
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)
Class: Mammalia
Did you know: Buffalo can live in herds of a few hundred, but they have been known to congregate in thousands in the Serengeti during the rainy season.

I 💚 birds. I’ve lived in Brunswick Heads for 10 years. This is the first time I’ve seen bush stone curlews here. ⠀
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The bush stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius) is a large (55–60 cm wingspan) ground-dwelling bird endemic to Australia.⠀
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This one has been hanging out at the Bruins Bowlo, there’s been another one hanging at the pub. I’m not sure of the gender of either bird, but they both seem a bit lonely, I wish they could meet up, but they are 2 kms apart. ⠀
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